American Songwriter

3 One-Hit Wonders From the 1960s That Young People Still Listen to Today

These one-hit wonders from the 1960s are more than half a century old today, but young listeners keep finding fresh interest in them.
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#1 rock songs of the 1960s

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The 1960s marked an unquestionable evolution ...
American Songwriter

3 One-Hit Wonder Songs From the 1960s That Are Impossible To Cover Better

Linda Ronstadt is no one-hit wonder. Technically, her old band, The Stone Poneys, would be considered one-hit wonders. The baroque pop folk group only scored one major hit back in the 1960s, and that ...
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5 1960s pop hits that should be permanently retired

All the feelings that I have hiding here for you inside." That lyric opens up “Cherish,” a number-one hit for the Association in 1966. It isn’t a good lyric. At least, I don’t think it is. It is a ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A look back at the No. 1 rock songs of the 1960s

Stacker looked at the #1 rock songs of the 1960s using data from the Billboard Hot 100 and MusicBrainz, an open music encyclopedia via the University of Waterloo. The 1960s marked an unquestionable ...
Staten Island Advance

Legendary 1960s music trio’s last surviving member has died

LOS ANGELES — Peter Yarrow, the singer-songwriter best known as one-third of Peter, Paul and Mary, the folk-music trio whose impassioned harmonies transfixed millions as they lifted their voices in ...
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Connie Francis, Singer of 1960s Pop Hits, Dies at 87

Connie Francis, the pop singer known for hit singles like “Pretty Little Baby” and “Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool,” died on Wednesday, July 16. Francis’ publicist, Ron Roberts, announced the musician’s ...